The Sun. — London, England, 1808-05-28 00:00:00

DISTILLERIES. On the motion .if Lord BINNING, the Report of the Cnrnmittee respeairtg the use Stigar in Distil leries was• brought up, and the House having.re . LolvA into a Committee for the re-commitment of the two first Resolutions, Mr. Wharton in the Chair. On the first jtesolution being then read, Mr. Coze repeated his former objeaions to the measure, and contended thpt the apprehension of . scarcity was unfounded, and had arisen from the condn& of the West India Merchants and the cassion of this subje&. lie denied that the last har vist was short, and stated as a proof of that, that the price of corn was not higher than was necessary to aXprd a fair profit to the farmer. He contended., that if this measure were to be continued for only fwo years, there would not, be produced the sante quantity of m bread . corn ;. that the Right Hon. Gen tleman would beresponsible for all the eonsequen ces ; and would, be the first Minister to prevent by '\ hia measures the poor-from being able to procure bread. He should therefore object to the measure : in every stage. Mr. HILIBERT contended, that it was neither the, growers of corn, nor the growers. of sugar, that were. particularly concerned in this question. The con-. sumers of corn, the tnanufaaurers, and all who wish ed well to the country, were the persons most con- =mad ; and is the ,supply which the country . , had - Sr.nn. importation .for some .years past, is now stop ped, it was then more necessary to take measures to .provide for making up that supply. The agriculture, of the country was not adequate to make up for that deficieucy, and therefore there could be no reasona , hie ob,jeklion to the introduttion of some part of it front the \Vest Indies. . • . • Sir JASIES HALL had much to say upon the sub: ied, but had been anticipated by. the Chancellor of, the Exchequer for Ireland, in whops sentiments lie . entirely,concurred, But there was one ground par ticularly upon. which be objetled to the measure, be cause it would be a dangerous precedent, and lay the ground, of resortibg to so injurious. a measure under circumstances. He Must dt'sapprove of any measure generally 4 which would discourage the, grey t it of a necessary of life, to encourage the growth of a mere luxury. :Mr. W. Smera was extremely sorry to differ upon. this subjeet from the Hon. Gentleman who begat this discussion, withewhom be was very much in the habit of agreeing., No man could doubt, the exist trice of partial scarcity. He had docuMents receiV ett earlier than the discussion of the qtrestiertuiproVe that linci which from their strength he'dtd not think prudent to' read. These accounts" he had re-.. ceived from parts of Scotland, with which lie was cennefted. The late crop of barley was short, and. riieugh there was no scarcity of wheat,' there was a Acip - city of barley, and a universal scarcity of oats inn . the country, as might be calleCled from the price of oats in the market, which is . now lorty.4iine and fifty shillings. He therefore did not objeEt .to Ate Pesolut ion before the Committee, not because it goes tee far, but drat it was nothkely teproduee the good pfteets,that were proposed in its adoption, because. 'by resorting to the measure at the present time, not sirtgle quarter of corn would be saved for the con auniption but some on the - contrary taken from the consumption; so far as the corn of the present year was concerned. On this ground, he . should, rf tio other Gentletnan did, move an alteration in the Ileselution OD make it commence much earlier in its operation. He also obje&ed to that part of the Reso letion which would impose upon Ministers the ne- Cete,ity of a positive measure, which might excite :linni in the country, - by extending` the prohibition after the first of Weber, if the harvest should not he-abundant. He should prefer extending the pro bibitiou te'the Ist of January, the Ist of March, or even the t a of July, if' necessary, next year, leaving to Mini,ters, if the next crop should be abundant, to 'open 111. distilleries by proclamation, an at which would give the.cohntry• universal satisfathon. He i.vryultl therviore give to the West Indies this tempo rary' relief, but he would not give to them the slight. ! est tepee of being repeated, because he would not, ieeltur.lieterestrof the country to be .rermai,:n4 itivadee. he Hon. Gentleman con.; Lk!, y ing as an amendment, that the l Oth of jitno s.rould b substituted for the Ist of July, as the eiiod w lien toe prohibition of the use of coin in if should eommenee. On thee qua Con be:ne put ott the Amendment, LU. YUKKE condennieu the interference of Par• liameot ith the agriculture of the country. Great trilein d Ireland must be able to eroduee suffix cient fir their coesumption, if their agriculture was eat' to be , :riterfered with by itnpolitid measures of this description. The . shutting of bier ports of the Ceeinent against - us would amount to a bounty on luiproven , ent and extension of agriculture, not only with roped to corn,-hut to the cultivation of hemp. mvasure he considered a dangerous experie mem, 'and agreed , with the Hon. Gentleenan who laht, that no hope should be held out to the West /infix. Nletchants, that this measure sjiould ever apiin be resorted to. He did not' see why a certain sum may riot be lint to the West Indies upon athquate security, to enable the propiletors to turn their lands to the produUion of other articles. lie would even prefer, - rather than break in upon a grand' principle, to grant a sum to his Ma-' jet , ty to enable "him to purchase a quantity -of the redundant' sugar for ..the relief of the West Judie Merchants. Mr. DAVIES GIDDY considered it of the highest importance to encourage agriculture by exportation, consumption in breweries add distilleries,' and in e v ery possiblemode. He was, however, of opinion, that in ticnes Of' necessity' the Legislature• had a right to interfere and prevent every other consutup • thaw of corn, in order to save it for human food'; but Whilst he adulated this right, he contended as Strongly, that nothing would legitimately give that right but the deficiency of huinen food; The rea sun ,why he thought' that agriculture ought to be eneoureged, was becaese nothing toisild make a coun try so truly great, as to renar it independent Itir itlitieles of necessity of any - other eetion. never, - therefore, consent 'to any interference • with Cite ogriculture of the Country fur any object. of e 4 Unlit interests.' . .„ 'Mr. AM ye•asserted, and vindicated some of irefermer statements resie.taing . ' the' motives of his oppo,,tiOnW this ineasUre, airci argued at . coo`sidei able length at support of it,. ' ; NU , AwitettsnoweE argued, that some means devited'reetirking . orf 86n - idol` the Hann dant ~ took sogai';'' irthe etre& 'of .the'Tneititite Atla:(1 he to`'lnjure the t”, r, Geeltle;• man would consent' to it, but the objett of the measure was, to prevent the consequences of it scar city if the next crup should not boa good one. • , Sir Jon N SEBRIGHT could not avoid entering his protest against this measure, and declared, that though he was one of the landed interest,be did not objed to this measure on any .narrow -view, but from the danger that it was fraught with injury to the agriculture of the country. 'Mr. 1 - 1. IiASC ELLES recalled the Committee to the real question before them. The Resolution under consideration was, whether the use of corn in dis tilleries, from the first of Ju ly to the first of 06:toiler should be prohibited. During that period the dis tilleries usually were stopped, so that no injury could be done thereby to the landed interest. He could not see why the measure should not be resorted - to, vesting in his Majesty's Ministers a discretion' as to'the continuance of the 'prohibition, beCause they would be bound to take into their consideration the nature of the harvest and the prices of corn, and would ',be responsible for the exercise of 'that dis cretion. Lord BINNING agreed to the. Amendment made by .his Hon. Friend (Mr: Wm. Smith). Mr. PORTMAN enumerated the inconveniencies that would be suffered by distillers, if the use of cern' , were to be prohibited in distilleries on the ist of July, both in consequence of the quantity of corn they had on hand ground, as because of the loss they would sustain from the cattle, which were now ted . upon grains iu warm houses, being exposed to the effeCts of the open air. • • Mr. :WHITBREAD wished merely to state the ground of the vote which he meant to give. He should certainly support the amendment of his Hon. Friend, because he thought, that if any died at all were to be expeeted from the measure, it must be by adopting the • Amendment. But .as he was an enemy to the measure in any shape, he should feel himself bound to oppose the Resolution in chief. Mr. CoKu declared his intention to follow the example of his Hon. Friend, and to vote for the AMendment, and against the Resolution; . The gallery was , then cleared, after which strangers were nut re-admitted ; but we understood, that the Amendment was carried, which fixed the iuth of June•as the immediate period of prohibition, and the Ist of December, as the remote period; after a .division, on which the numbers were; For thelimentimclit ' • - 89 AgLinSt it • 71 After which, and some discussion, we learned that the pericid of the commencement of the prohi bition was fixed for the ibth of June for Scotlaud, and the 'zoth for Ireland. The two first Resolutions were then reported, and a Bill ordered pursuant thereto; and the third Resolution was ordered to be referred to the Committee of Supply.—Atter which 1101140 atijOUlllitd at Three o'clock to Monday. GO7YEgIIIIRGHIIL. GOTTENBUROH, MAY 100.—The Swedish Fleet fri.mn Carlscrona took, it is said, .2.000 Troops from thence on board, when it sailed, and . 200 from Calmar, and proceeded to Gothland, in order to dislodge the Ittisiiaus, who still retain possession of that Island. Admiral Sir SAMUEL HOOD (it is said) has sailed for the• same place. The English Fleet and Army remain in harbour here, and we - are as yet ignorant whither they be destined. By an extra post arrived this morning, we learn that Abe Swedes haVe been very successful against the Rus sians, in the upper part of Finland, near Garnla Carleby, and have made a gre:t number of pr*isoners and taken a large - quantity of ammunition. We have, nothing new from Norway. STOCKHOLM, MAY Royal :10;:tjesty re ceived, the day before yesterday, the following Re-, port from Field-Marshal Count iii,INGSPOR, dated the 2d of this month " In consequence of the Russians continuing to retreat since the affair, of itevolax, I have taken up another position, which not only enables ma to pursue our offensive operatiorin against the enemy,. • but vigorously to oppose any offensive measures Which they may think proper to resume. The 30th April I 'moved from Liminingo to Karankanda, and arri% ed yesterday at Sikajocki, and this day here. "The first Brigade is to march this day from Lu majocki ; the second Brigade moved ,tlie aoth Qf April, from Lumajocki to Sikajocki, and reached this . day Patajocki, half a mile from this place. "The third Brigade marched the 29th April, from Luinajocki, baited the 40th, and arrtved here yesterday. The fourth I3rigade, which since the action near Revolax occUpied that place, is to march this day to Wehande, from whence I have ordered the Commander of this Brigade to send sirdng detach ments to Aulais, in pursuit of the Enemy, and 'to push the detachments, if possible, as far as Kelajoeki, in order to cut off the Enemy's retreat to Pyhajocki. " The fifth Brigade covers the Left Flank of the AttllV,. iiild'occupies the environs of Frantzcli. In . order to derive all,possible advantages from the in habitants of this PrOvince rising in a masse, I have thought it right to issue a Proclamation, a copy, of which I !tunably beg leave hereby to transmit to your 'Majesty.. • - " lii celebration of the signal advantages gained o= er'theiEnemy on the t Bth of April. nearSikti Q pi i i, on the 27 tly of thcsame month near Revolaxithe Te Mum was yesterday tiling through the whole Artily; midi have also, in' obedience to your Majesty's most gracious orders, distributed the medals destin ed t,3 reward t\ilitary- merit, among those who most distinguished themzelv4s on those ever me 411 0.. ra bl e days. . . rRocii.AKATIO4. It' tia . ijiliased Qort u;4, Majelty's :Arms with - two 'signal 'vineries over the tre'.ieherons Enemy of this Country, who, with arms in hand,' entered this country, and endeavour ed, by insidious insinuations, to seduce from their loyal attachment to - their King the inhabitants of a Province at all times celebrated for their unshaken loyalty, I herewith call on ynu, _good and faithful East-Botbnians, my dear and .worthy friends, *to lend all possible assistance' to the brave Army "which I have the honour to command, to supply-the Troops . . with provisions, as far as in your power, and to join in the exertions of your brethreu in arms, to destroy our treacherous enemy, whO came to consign you to misery and disgrace." • SrootitOtm, MAY 16.--1-115 Royal Majesty re ceived yesterday froth Field Marshal Count KLltiG ' MR the following Report of Colonel SAYDELS, Chief of Brigade : " Pursuant to the orders recciv?ri fcorn his Excel- lency, the Commander in Chief, an , .l iit consequence of accounts which reached me, , itatinz, that Pulkila was still occupied by the Rtissims; I. yesterday pit myself in motion, at three o'clock in the afternoon, with a division of the sth Brigade from Frantzila, and marched' during the night in three cOlumns to Pulkila, which is three quarteisOf a tiril4 distant from the former place. At three, o'clock this tnerning4 attacked the Enemy's piquetvliicli were eitkier taken or driven back. At fetti•e'C' itieft the main 'at: tack conunenced, and eptitiqued,hqtwithstandihs,liw most vigorous resistance on rhe patt of the AtiiintW • :;. it tantil seven o clock, when the Russians, ,s,urrOunde ou all bides with fixed bayonets, were compelled, to: surrender. , • Besides a considerable number of killed end wounded, which it is not yet in ''my pOixer to hicei lain, the Enemy has lost two stand of colours, one, brass six-pounder, and a large quantity ofamgriutti— tion and arms, which are fallen into cur bands, —Lieutenant-Colonel ABLIKOFF, who commanded the Russian Troops, 5 officeri, la non-commis sioned officers, 4 drummers, 21 Cossacks, with -. their horses, and 397 foot soldiers, have been taken.: —I have sent all the prisonerS,to Frantzila, there tis• wait his Excellency'snrder. " 3. A. SANDELS." " Pulkila, May ;048." MALLS.. ARRIVED-1 Gottenburo, i Dubpn. Dus—i llubi n, 2 Waterfoictv"- PRICh OV STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. COMAS 67 I I Consols Account . 681 TII E S. U, N. SOLZI.I 12E115 DlCtitl TALIUp4 AUDIAT ? L 0 N D IV, SATURDAY, .: , JAY 4,8,18Q8. WE last night received 894:130 Norc Papers from the "C4ntinent, but they: are not of a later date than , those which had previottsly 'reached us. The most important they bring is Coitiiiined' ;iu.an.article,from pel g rade,. which:states, that hoc tilities , had' recommenced 'betWeen.the anti the Turks. Thecae papers are pertealy silent respeaing the Insurretlions in Spain. The l'aiNCE of l'ita.cc has arrived at Bayonne. While he wa3 w pr4bn at Aranjuez, he was treated with the utmost. seve rity : he was not allowed a person to attend him, nor even a change of linen : and 'dating the crut:th that he was in 'ennfinement he was not once shaved. When he was on the road to Bayonne he received letters from the KING and QUEEN of SPAIN, appeared to atfea him 'much, and he ex . claina-. ed—" This is the only consolation I have had this month, every 'one abandwed me except my King. The ungrateful whom I, , had loaded with benefits' did not dare to raise a voice in my favour." Upon being - shown the statements in the News papers - respeaing- the immense; properly ‘i , gicA..he was supposed to have accumulated, he declared that they were false, and said he had no fent& in Eng land, France, Italy, or Genoa, as had beensttecl A.,Decree has been published at. Bayonne, for the purpose of informing the Public .that all Pas ports and other Instruments issued by the Spanish Go vernment, in the name Of FERDINAND, wot,ild not be acknowledged by the French Civil and Nlilitary Officers. This morning a Mail from Gottenburgh arrived': we are haply to tind that the Swedes have, obtained some very considerable advantages over the Russians in Yinland. The King of SWEDEN has • advanced General Kl.lN`qsPoF‘ ,to the dignity of Eield Mar shal. There is np Rows ,of importance; from Nor way. The lilxpeditipn - tinder , Sir Sons . Mooni re mained at Gottenburgb when the Mail Caine a\sithy., _"'••~- Ws yesterday stated that the Trap*, in bier pan safse 'through the Strelght? (A Gibraltar, fell In witka aulinber of Tl:at,sperts, w44trogpa on board, which it waz supposed were destined for, Cadiz we 'trust, the;• that we stgill shortly' receive scrag ip.,;; . ant acq i &r,atifyiniki i tell:!gapie frAwtliat craiirtep. . no apt,l4 tt:2t ligve passed between- tht Governor of dadit and Admiral Ptral - irs, and we think it by ' no means improbable that this movemgrit,of the TrOops may • , have beenihe result of those communications. Lord GEtNVILLE last night brought forward his Motion respe&ing the Catholics, which after a De bate that lasted till five o'clock this morning, was negatived by i6i to 74. We are confidOntly assured that the owner of s Transport has received a letter from her Captain, dated from the Streights of Gibraltar, stating, that ire had 'arrived empty from Malta at that place. and had been ordered to take Troops on board; which service he had executed, and had joined a Fleet of 21 Sail, for Cadiz. the following Ships outward-bound arrived off . Madeira, the 28th April last, under convoy of !Ili Majesty's Ship 'Thetis, vi'a. Europe; WEliarn Pitt, Lord Castlereagh, Sovereign, Lord Keith, Ste %Vaud= Beesley, Euphrates, Northumberland, and Alexander. -. The seven first -mentioned Ships parted from the .Nurtiairnberhi..?`zd and 41exander on.the tkith ofApril, and proceeded on their voyage; and' on the 30th of April the Northumberland and Alexander Went int. Madeira, and were.expeded to sail from thence on the, sth of M4y. z . • The Loßt:ContraEtors waited on the OttANctiv; tott of the Extittausit yesterday; when they wore . informed that the slum wanted would be— 5,000,0001. for the service of England, a,soctioool. for the service of Ireland. The Citai4otttamt of the EXCHEQUER said, that he was desirous that the sum wanted for England should be funiled in the 4 per Cents. ; but that it any part of "it' should be contracted for in the 3 per Cents. it. should become a separate Stock, and 'be , redeemable Governmenty Whenever the Fund shall reach.the-price of 80. But after some conver•i sation, it was determined that the whole should ba contracted fer'in the 4 per Cents. and the parties were directed to attend again on Tuesday nest to deliver in' their biddings. The payments to be Ss follow : re per Cent. . - 3 [One rs per Cent. -14 O. • rs ditto - s July- to ditto . 18 Nov.. Kditto ruAug. to ditto . Dec. to ditto . to Sept. ,is ditto 13 lan.lBo Independently of the sum to be thus contraCted for on the. present occasion, we understand-that one million and a hill for the ,service; of the East Indist ComPany'ii. to he raised - 1)Y Exc;bequer Bills. And. in Ireland, , t,;so,dot, for the increase Of the Irish Bank Stock, an d 750,,0ci0 far the service of Ireland. We - hati j autherity to : state, art Messrs. Sgll/ I P, PAYNE, and Smirus„have no conneXiOn the List formes for the ensuing Loan by Nr6SIS. /.41 and NESBITT. • 'l"ne Ttudeti", HOLLAND ERSKINE, which left New York in January last, and was warned into our ports, obtained a Licence, 'and proceeded to the Texel. There she remained for .sixteen days, and was re' fused to land her cargo, or to hold any ciamtuunica tion whatever with the land. She was, however. permitted to cothe out; and is just returned hereo-r Her permissien to leave the Texel Was certainly a proof - of lenity. - Through the communication whiefl. the Captain had With the Dutch Commander, he Idltrnect that the following American' Vessels wet! detained at Amsterdam on the 16th May :—E1 1 . 0 " wan', Master; Virginia, A. CaocxSyrs Master; Shepherdess, J. NELMS ;- Createp t N O „-r - KIRK ; Mount Vernon, J. O%VIINS ; AMffiCano v" • Lay LA •• Monticello, . SWIM( ; Sally, T. FROST and' fittfouth, TANNING. The two following had been brought in by French Privateers :.—Risin,(Sun,.C. Blitctt, and Sally /Inn. \V. NICHOLS. , This day a Wardmote WAS held in Dowgate Wor' *'hen JOHN ATRiNS, Esq . . Merchant, of A.ustitr friars, was eleCed Alderman without opposition. MANCHESTER, MAY 25.--Yesterday and this d a l many thousands assembled in a field near St.Georffe 6 . Church, by Newton-land, and appointed dejegatett *to attend the I\lagistrates with a statement of 'h alt. ' grievances, which they assert arose not so. mrtoh 'Mtn a scarcity of employment as from the unparal"' leledireduttinn, which' the prices of their work 104: recently experienced; insomuch, that, after . in for si x days,. at the r a t e o f fo u rteen or Olaf n hours per day, they cannot possibly earn more.1 1 ) 02 : 7s. or 81. a pittance which will not support IIIItOre• Their employers, on-the cont rary, insist, that °whit to the stagnation of trade, they cannot afford to PIT higher prices, and promis e to Inc reas e them ttit•the' r wonted standard, as soon as a restoration of Pr"' shall enable them. Be this as it may, a very salmi' alarm has been excited. The people hare 113" day flecked hither from all the circamjacent townships) viz...Stockport, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Ashrt: under-Line, Eccles,l.r.c. and became so brnaibatt e thongh.certainly at first orderly and quiet,. that W . militaryfrom the barracks (4th Dragoons). o'e. drawn out, and all the Volunteer Corps assembk.i.o, The Magistrates repeatedly reqUested the peoPl ° se disperse, and used every possible means to apPo them:; but as they persisted in their right to lisse ln ; hie, - and remained unmoved on the field, the n - AZI was at length read, and the soldiery 0 " several Intim:ls charges, merely, with a view to force compliance, at the same time'carefully av?'7 . ing any:serious injury. Notwithstanding this ' C si , bearatice, 'however, the mob 'Persevered, and co t derable mischief has been done; one man is arid many. wounded. About 20 persons hav e wise been apprehended, and committed to P',, The , .utinost ' , consternation still (at ei gf: o'clock P. AL) , pervades the ' town, and ev er y °"` idreads the result. PLYsto , . 6.--E r a tha I lit. , from the Havanna}, intelligence is receive .rvir, Majesty's Sli:p Of 22 guns, Cort. struck tdi ColleratiO3 . Rocks 03 the I ' 6l . 1 td ‘ , /t io Cuba, on ilia 611, ult.' from which situation It. she viral; sit found inipraCiiCable to et her Ott and rs Vessel arrived her! on , fi re, bilt did not blow up. The Offices CieW were all e 3oped jn bo 1.0 t R. 114 xx I I."' (o, " I s s but" 11M published' by W.".A. Scairts o,9l!t:in.strt—ti, :it the Stin.titfice, Li:, Strand.